"Then ... you can take a little bit here for a while, eat some tea and rest. When you arrange and arrange to ask the four girls to return to the house, you will lose your accompany."
The steward was brilliant and turned away from the front hall.
"Immediately take someone to the four girls' courtyard, tie Ziyue up and close it to the backyard! ... The little movement is smaller, and the people who know this matter will be tightly tight! Everything will be planned after the master returns!"
To no one, the big steward whispered to the side of his side.
The servant responded and went immediately.
However, some people still took the news to the ear of the girl -Ziyue Ear-
"Ziyue, when we were in the front yard, I saw that there were several official differences in the house. I heard it vaguely that I wanted to ask the four girls to go to the door ... Do you know what is it for?"
A little girl who was working in the front yard and had a good relationship with Ziyue who had a good relationship with Ziyue came to ask.
She was afraid of the majesty of the big housekeeper, and was afraid that she didn't dare to listen to it. She just ran over after listening to it.
Ziyue heard a trembling in his hand, and the rag he held fell under his feet.
"I don't know ..."
She quickly bent over and picked up the rag, and hurriedly said: "I still have to do it. If the girl comes back, if I see the mess in the house, I must lose my temper ... You go back soon, let people see you come, let you come, let you see you come.
Here, go back to the manager, and you have to pinch your ears again. "
Speaking, I went to the inner house with a rag.
Looking at the figure disappearing behind the bead curtain, the little maid frowned in confusion.
I always feel that Ziyue is very scared ...
Could it be that... the girl really got into some big trouble?
Just like ... Previous two sons?
As soon as this idea came to her mind, the little maid secretly said "God" in her heart, and immediately did not dare to stay any longer.
As soon as her front legs left the place, Ziyue's hind legs hurriedly walked out from the inner room.
She clenched her hands together tightly, her eyes flustered over and over again. After hesitating for a moment, she finally gritted her teeth and returned to the building to pack her things.
However, halfway through packing the things, I heard the sound of chaotic footsteps reaching my ears.
"Ziyue people!"
"It's still in the girl's room ..."
"Find someone out!"
Hearing the sound of the man who was not good at this came, the blood on Ziyue's face faded, and he could no longer be able to clean up others.
Looking to the right, he hid under the bed before the door was pushed open.
The space under the bed is narrow and full of dust. Fortunately, the location is backlit, so it looks pitch black from the outside. It’s not easy to find the person inside.
But you can't afford to find out.
If anyone even suspected that she was hiding in the room? The first place to look would probably be under the bed!
Thinking of this, Ziyue's heart was lifted high, and she didn't even dare to breathe.
After the door was pushed open? Someone walked in soon.
Listen to the voice, there is the housekeeper and a maid in the yard? And that man's voice - this is Feng Shun, the confidant of the housekeeper!
That means... the butler is looking for her?
Are you going to hand her over to an official to take her to the Yamen?
But she soon discovered that this guess was wrong——
"How can a person suddenly disappear! Say, do you speak fast? Plowing the official difference in the front yard!" The man saw that there was no one in the room? Pointing at the box scattered on the table, he said sharply: "This is clear
Run! "
The housekeeper glanced at the different shades of dust at the edge of the bed, frowned slightly and said: "What happened? I still don't understand it! After all, why are Ziyue running?"
"
Did the man glance at her? He said coldly: "Just remember one thing - Ziyue followed the fourth girl out of the city to burn incense this morning? She was not in the house at the moment! If she saw it in the house, she secretly returned to the house alone.
, taking advantage of the absence of the fourth girl, he stole the master's property and tried to escape from the house. Should he be caught immediately? He should be handed over to the chief steward!"
After hearing these words, the housekeeper said "yes".
After a while, the man cursed and led the person away: "...Hurry up, look around carefully. You must not let the person escape!"
"Aunt Lan..." the maid next to the housekeeper asked in a low voice in fear, "What happened? Did Ziyue... really run away?"
"Don't ask so many questions." The housekeeper sighed.
Not to mention a young girl like Ziyue, she has already wanted to run away - following such a master? It means that she is well-dressed and well-fed? But in fact, her life is precarious.
But she has a family with her? She can’t run away even if she wants to.
She was told that Ziyue was just running late. Things like running had to be done as quickly as possible. It was said that she had to run early and overnight.
But she was different from Ziyue. Afterwards, at most she lost her position as housekeeper, and at worst she was kicked out of the house.
The housekeeper took one last look at the place under the bed and walked out with the maid.
"Aunt Lan, do you want this room to be locked..." the maid asked cautiously.
"No need, Feng Shun and the others might come back to check again."
"yes."
The footsteps gradually faded away, and Ziyue under the bed was finally able to take a deep breath.
But the smooth breathing did not make her feel relaxed at all.
She understood...
The chief steward must have told the official that she had gone out of the city with the girl to offer incense. After dealing with the official with such excuses, he turned around and called Feng Shun to arrest her!
Is this because she is afraid that she will miss something when she goes to the Yamen?
Under this situation, if she is really caught, it seems that it is not difficult to guess what consequences are waiting for her...
But she didn’t want to be silenced just like that!
She is only fifteen years old and she doesn't want to die!
At least you can't just wait to die!
And God will definitely still favor her... If her friend hadn't come to find her in a moment of thought, she would have fallen into the hands of the resolute butler!
At this moment, the girl's desire to escape overwhelmed everything else.
She got out from under the bed, hugged the bundle tightly and came to the door. After making sure that no one was around, she quickly walked out of Baoxia, went around into the garden at the back, and got out through a dog hole.
The existence of this dog hole is not accidental.
It was just a small hole before, but now it can accommodate a large person like her because she would dig it bigger when she has something to do these days.
Digging a hole for many days, using the hole for a while, everything is accumulated in ordinary days, this is what it means.
But after leaving this courtyard, the most dangerous thing begins.
Knowing that the search for her in the mansion would inevitably become more and more intensive, and she could not afford to delay her, Ziyue quickly made a decision.
From here, she wanted to go to the back side door as far as possible while avoiding the public eye.
Different from the back main entrance, there are very few people coming in and out of that back side entrance on weekdays. The gatekeeper there knows that she is the maid next to the fourth girl. She quietly left the house to see Zhan Yunjiao a few days ago, and those who left are all that
Door.
As long as the gatekeeper hasn't received a signal from the butler, she has a chance to leave from there... This is her only chance!
Having made up her mind, Ziyue chose a path and hid all the way to the back door.
Seeing nothing unusual, she hid the shriveled bundle under her armor and walked over as calmly as possible.
However, just as she was about to approach the doorkeeper, she saw two figures suddenly coming out from behind the doorkeeper: "What? You really want to escape in disguise?"
The man sneered and said, "The butler really guessed it! I knew you would probably leave the house through the back door!"
He has arranged for people to guard the two back doors. How could a little maid want to run out in full view of everyone? It's simply unreasonable!
Seeing that it was Feng Shun, Ziyue's face was horrified and she subconsciously stepped back.
However, the next moment, her retreating movement suddenly stopped.
There were only a few "plop" sounds, and the three people in her sight, including Feng Shun and the gatekeeper, all fell down one after another!
...what's going on?
Ziyue looked around tremblingly, but could not see any figures or anything strange.
Is this also God’s blessing?
But this favor... is too harsh, right?
At this juncture, the little maid didn't have time to think too much, so she bravely stepped forward and took off the key hanging from the doorkeeper's waist, opened the door in a hurry and ran out.
The moment she stepped out of the threshold, although she still had a lot of confusion and fear about the road ahead, she truly felt the feeling of freedom.
It's just that this feeling is only fleeting, and soon she will no longer be free——
This back door is opened between the back wall and a narrow alley.
She almost didn't notice anyone in the alley when she heard a voice coming into her ears: "Are you going to the Yamen? Come on, I'll lead the way."
Ziyue was startled.
She stared at the young man approaching with a guarded face, "You...who are you?"
He looks clearly dressed and doesn’t look like an official official!
"The person who takes you to the government."
"Why should I go to the government...it's really strange." Ziyue said quickly, turned around and left.
The next moment, I felt someone holding my back shoulder, and pain immediately came.
"Are you really not going?"
Ziyue frowned: "...What will you do if I don't go?"
"No, I'm just throwing you back into the courtyard wall the way you came."
Ziyue was frightened for a while after hearing this, and felt that it was even more terrifying than killing her directly.
"No, I won't go back!"
She escaped, but if she really goes back, she doesn’t know what kind of torture she will suffer!
"Then follow me to the government." Xiao Qi said seriously: "You are just following orders. As long as you come forward to testify and confess the truth, you will not be sentenced to death. Then you don't have to worry about three meals a day, and your life will be free.
There’s no need to be afraid that the Xia family will come to trouble you—other than Jingya Prison, can you find a more stable place to go?”
Ziyue's face changed complicatedly when she heard this.
At this time, she even had a strange sudden feeling in her heart - wasn't the place described by the other person exactly the kind of place she wanted to find after escaping, the kind of ideal stable life she wanted to have?
After all, even if she escaped today, where could she hide? How many days could she hide?
Whether he is taken to the government or falls into the hands of the Xia family, the outcome and situation will inevitably be a hundred times worse than now.
If she were to be punished one more time and be exiled or something, wouldn't she lose even the stable life of living in a prison cell?
Just as her heart was beating, she suddenly heard noisy noises coming from within the courtyard wall.
"What's wrong with people!"
"He's still alive, he's probably just in a coma!"
"The door is also open... He must have escaped from here!"
"Hurry up and chase!"
Ziyue tensed up and said immediately: "I promise you to go to the government!... Let's leave quickly!"
But is there still time to run?
The next moment, it turned out that she was worried too much.
The other party grabbed her and carried her on his back, and climbed over the narrow alley easily.
In the capital office, Ji Dong finished a whole cup of tea and was considering whether to take a break in the middle of the meeting.
Just now, his subordinates came back to send a message, saying that Miss Xia Si and the maid in the painting were not in the house. The meaning of the Xia family's head butler was also very clear. In one sentence, he was told to wait.
Without thinking about it, I can guess that something will happen during this waiting period.
But knowing this, what can he do?
Ask someone to urge you? Set a time limit for how long the Xia girl must come over?
He wanted to, but his courage didn't allow it.
To put it bluntly, as long as the Xia family is thick-skinned enough, even if Fourth Miss Xia randomly finds an excuse to wait until next year to return to the city, he can only wait.
Master Ji, whose waist ached from sitting, decided to go back to the back hall to rest for a while and wait for the news.
Before standing up, Mr. Ji glanced in the direction outside the hall.
Wu Shisun actually left.
I asked my followers to spend a lot of money to buy the position, but they didn’t stand for a while longer, so they could get their money back?
If it were him, he would have to stand at the end even if his leg was broken, so as to maximize the cost.
But this is bound to be just a hypothesis. After all, he can't spend so much money in exchange for a seat to watch the fun.
Alas, it’s another day to feel sorry for someone else’s money.
"Sir, the maid of Xia Mansion has arrived!"
Just as Ji Dong was preparing to leave, he suddenly heard a report from a yamen servant.
——Coming?!
Ji Dong looked over unexpectedly and saw that a maid wearing a light blue armor was brought in. He couldn't help but look at the yamen officer with questioning eyes.
The yamen servant's eyes were also a little confused.
You may not believe it, but he didn’t bring you out of the Xia family. He simply wanted to come back and tell you that the Xia Chief Fu had returned to his home. But halfway through, this maid suddenly appeared and said that he wanted to
Follow him back to the Yamen.
The other party has taken the initiative to ask for it, so it’s hard for him to refuse?
So he brought the person back in a daze.
"Sir, it's her!"
Zhan Yunjiao pointed to Ziyue who was brought into the hall, and said in a solemn voice: "She is the maid next to Xia Xi. She was the one who found me when we met and sent messages several times!"
Facing the other party's gaze, Ziyue opened her mouth.
There is no need to be so tense and hostile, after all, she has no intention of denying it...
"It's me. Miss Zhan did not admit her mistake." Ziyue's voice was a little timid, but she said without hesitation: "Sir, I know the whole story of my fourth girl's plan to murder Miss Xu."
Zhan Yunjiao: "...?"
Ji Dong: "...?"
After that, Ziyue told everything she knew in detail, including the vicious intentions of her own girl.
——I heard that the better the confession attitude, the greater the chance of being imprisoned safely, and you can even go directly to the prison cell without having to suffer physical pain.
